Entergy's Northeast Nuclear Plants Safely Weather Hurricane Sandy
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New
Orleans, La. – With the brunt of Hurricane Sandy now past the eastern
seaboard, Entergy’s Indian Point Energy Center and James A. FitzPatrick
Nuclear Power Plant in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in
Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vermont have
all safely weathered the storm.
Indian
Point 2, FitzPatrick and Pilgrim remained at full power while Vermont
Yankee reduced power to 88 percent at the request of ISO New England to
help maintain grid stability. Indian Point 3 automatically shut down
at 10:41 p.m. Monday as a result of an electrical grid disturbance.
“Nuclear
plants are built to exceed the most severe natural forces historically
reported for their geographic area,” said John Herron, president and
CEO of Entergy Nuclear. “And we saw evidence of that again with
Hurricane Sandy.”
Entergy
Nuclear plants began preparations for the storm last week,
coordinating activities with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, independent system operators and
various state and local government officials.
Critical Entergy Nuclear staff remained dedicated at each site, ready to respond to potential weather impacts.
In
addition to the nuclear plant staff sequestered at Indian Point,
FitzPatrick, Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee, the company’s utilities in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas sent more than 850
highly-experienced restoration workers and support personnel to the
region impacted by the hurricane. They include scouts, who assess
damage when safe to do so after the storm, and tool workers who will
help rebuild the electrical system. Entergy will also provide some
customer service representatives to remotely answer customer calls from
affected areas.
Entergy
Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in
electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy
owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of
electric generating capacity, including more than 10,000 megawatts of
nuclear power, making it one of the nation’s leading nuclear
generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility
customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has
annual revenues of more than $11 billion and approximately 15,000
employees.
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9:55 AM Eastern 10/30/2012
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